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Mesoscale Discussion 574

April 24, 200720 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2007, 11:14 PM CDT for 20 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2007, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2007, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 26 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 10:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Jackson, Monroe, Pulaski, Randolph, Union85 min
Apr 25, 12:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Pulaski90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.